The number of the users of mobile phone in Pakistan has reached from 0.3 million to about 90 million during the last eight years. According to Geo news,  Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) reported, the ratio of mobile phone users all over the country has been increased from 0.22 per cent in 2000 to 54.70 per cent in June 2008.

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Warid Telecom has launched Location Based Services (LBS) which is a unique and innovative mobile phone service in Pakistan. A statement here on Wednesday said that this enables Warid Postpaid and ZEM subscribers to locate the whereabouts of their family members, friends or colleagues through a Warid connection. (more…)

Telenor Pakistan has become the second largest operator in Pakistan during the second quarter of the year according to its financial results for April-May-June 2008 period, retaining its position with more than 18 million subscribers.
Telenor Pakistan, one of Telenor Group’s 12 mobile operations worldwide, has contributed 23 percent of the Group’s net additions. The company, which is already the largest European Direct Investment in Pakistan with about US $2 billion already invested, continued spending heavily on network expansion and services during Q2, 2008.

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The Lahore High Court has observed that the cellular companies should not be allowed to erect towers/antennas in residential areas.

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Telenor Pakistan has been awarded Environmental Excellence Award by National Forum for Environment and Health.

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The Government has decided that from now on no mobile SIM shall be issued without valid Identity Card and no SIM is to be handed over to any person but will be posted to the address given by the applicant.
Any violation of this procedure shall be punishable under the relevant laws. Necessary instructions have been issued to Chairman, PTA in this regard.

A delegation of the All Pakistan Franchises Association (APFA) called on Chairman Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Islamabad Chapter, Munawar Mughal, here Friday.
The delegation was led by the President of Islamabad Mobile Association, Waseem Chaudhry and apprised FPCCI president about the obstacles faced by the cell phone traders.

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Mobile phone users and sellers have criticised the imposition of Rs 500 per set import duty on mobile phones  in the budget 2008-09.
The import duty would increase prices of the cell phones and affect the business of cell phone , said Sajjid Malik, a mobile phones  seller from Hall road here on Wednesday.

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Not wanting Apple’s 3G iPhone to get all the hype, Samsung introduced Monday its own touchscreen smartphone. The company unveiled the Samsung i900 Omnia, a Windows Mobile smartphone. Its features should put it on par with HTC’s Touch Diamond, and perhaps with Apple’s latest smartphone.

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10%. Specific customs duty of Rs. 500 per set is being proposed on the import of mobile cellular phones.

India can no longer claim of having being amongst the world’s lowest telecom tariffs”, as Pakistan boasts of far more competitive mobile services, especially for international (ISD) calls.

So while Indian telecom consumers have been celebrating the benefits of competition and low calling rates, they can now happily push operators and telecom regulators to lower their tariffs further.

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Customers of Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) will be among the first in Asia to have access to Apple’s newest iPhone, Southeast Asia’s largest telco said Tuesday.

The iPhone 3G — for third-generation mobile networks — will come to Singapore “later this year,” SingTel said in a news release.

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University of Karachi, the biggest seat of learning in the country, be exempted from loadshedding. A demand to this effect has been made by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui. (more…)

As many as eight electric meters and some cables were burnt when a fire broke out at a building near Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar on Tuesday night, in Toheed Commercial Area, Phase-5, Defence Housing Authority (DHA), sources of DHA fire department said.

There was no loss to human life. The cause of fire could not be ascertained.

Fire tenders rushed to the spot cited as Building No. 2-C, Street-29, Toheed Commercial Area, DHA and successfully extinguished the fire, the sources said.  Two other fire incidents occured here on Tuesday evening, Central Fire Brigade sources said.

A fire broke out Glue Department of Dollar Ink Industries, Nauroz Chowrangi, SITE area.   The fire was controlled by a single tender. No loss to human life nor any major material loss was reported, it said.

Goods at a shop selling fire fighting gear in Regal Square building, Regal Chowk, Saddar here were damaged when a fire broke out there on Tuesday evening.    The fire at Karsaz” firm located on top floor of the building was controlled with the help of a snorkel and six tenders.

No loss to human life occurred.    The extent of loss could not be estimated, neither the cause of fire could be ascertained, the sources said.

The Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company has organized a computer-aided jewellery designing (CAD/CAM) course.

A statement issued here on Tuesday said that the course commenced at the Gems and Jewellery Training and Manufacturing Center in Lahore.

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